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The Meaning of Six Pints

As was reported last week in various places (yup, I am not Mr. Breaking News these days…) Molson has set up a separate branch to mess around in the craft beer segment (or maybe more appropriately, the pseudo-craft segment). Their… Continue Reading →

2011/06/07

Glenda Sherbrooke on Shelves Today

The second of the Alley Kat/Sherbrooke/Glenora Distillery collaboration is hitting the shelves sometime today. Glenda Sherbrooke follows in its older brother’s footsteps as a beer aged for 3 months in oak casks formerly containing single malt whiskey from Nova Scotia’s… Continue Reading →

2011/05/20

New Beer Wednesday

Okay, the title New Beer Wednesday doesn’t mean much more than it is Wednesday and I am going to talk about some new beer releases. I got tired of “roundup” and other such phrases. I really need to figure out… Continue Reading →

2011/04/13

Preserving Alberta’s Beer History

Read an interesting article in the Edmonton Journal on Friday (found here). Edmonton architect Gene Dub wants to turn the building that housed Edmonton’s first brewery – Edmonton Brewing and Malting – into a boutique hotel. the old brewery, situated… Continue Reading →

2011/04/09

Big Rock Tweaks Look, Announces New Seasonal Line

Big Rock has announced on its brewer’s blog that they have re-designed their labels and packaging. It is more of a tweak than an overhaul, but the new design aims to be more artistic and draw attention to the artwork…. Continue Reading →

2011/03/03

Great Western Honours Its Origins

Great Western Brewing, in Saskatoon, is releasing a beer to celebrate the founding of this unique brewing operation. The beer is called Original 16 and Great Western is calling it a Canadian Pale Ale. It is described as all-barley “double… Continue Reading →

2011/02/18

Camrose Gets a Brewpub

Onbeer.org has just learned that Camrose, the small city of 16,000 about an hour southeast of Edmonton, will soon be getting its own brewpub. Called Norsemen Brewing Company, it location is particularly fascinating. On the surface Camrose would not seem… Continue Reading →

2011/02/09

A Q&A with R&B

You may or may not know that Vancouver’s R&B Brewing recently entered the Alberta market. Indeed, they are the latest B.C. stalwart to attempt to traverse the continental divide and sell some beer in our growing market. Their first shipment… Continue Reading →

2011/02/03

A Witty Chinese New Year

Sherbrooke Liquor Store in Edmonton has partnered up with Alley Kat and The Lingnan restaurant to produce a beer just in time for Chinese New Year’s (which is Friday). Chinese New Beer is a Witbier, which may at first seem… Continue Reading →

2011/02/01

Whytemud Whysky (W)Lager at Wunderbar

The funky newish owners of Wunderbar, a small music bar on Whyte Avenue with a re-invigorated commitment to local and craft beer, and Edmonton’s Amber’s Brewing have partnered to release Whytemud Whysky Lager, an oak barrel-aged exclusive. It is only… Continue Reading →

2011/01/27